Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for September 2025

Respecting the dignity of human life

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By Val and Deacon Gary StreffSpecial to the Herald Last month, we attended the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Respect Life Conference in Washington, D.C. It was a great time meeting with other Respect Life directors across the United States. The topics presented by panel experts included abortion, physician-assisted suicide, teen suicide, in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy, […]

Rest, reflect with Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministry

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Special to the Herald Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministry, a local group that aims to help people realize God’s love, is offering a morning reflection at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Kailua. “Come to Me, You Who Are Weary” starts at 9 a.m. Sept. 20 and runs until 11 a.m. at St. Anthony’s day chapel. […]

Worldwide Marriage Encounter presents weekend experience

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Special to the Herald Married couples seeking to enrich and strengthen their relationship are invited to join a Worldwide Marriage Encounter experience in November at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. The experience will take place over the weekend of Nov. 14-16, beginning in the evening of the first day and ending in the […]

Summer updates from Christ the King Church

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Parishioners gathered with Christ the King’s pastor and associate pastor, La Salette Fathers Efren Tomas and Anil Varghese, for a photo Aug. 20 after the parish’s first healing Mass. (Courtesy Audie Pascual) By Lucy PerosSpecial to the Herald Christ the King Church in Kahului hosted the Maui-Lanai Vicariate’s Eucharistic procession on June 21. Msgr. Terry […]

Knights contribute time, talent, treasure to Aukake Classic

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Dan Epstein, right, president and CEO of Special Olympics Hawaii, presented a plaque to the Knights of Columbus on Aug. 16. From left: Reynaldo Nilo, Brian Castro and Richard Lacuesta from St. Damien Assembly 3221; George Leong from Bishop James J. Sweeney Assembly 1826; and Valente Ruiz from St. Damien Assembly 3221, standing behind Epstein. […]

True charity is selfless and respects recipients’ dignity, pope says

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By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — True Christian charity respects the person being assisted and sets no conditions for receiving help, Pope Leo XIV said. Charity involves both selfless giving and respect for human dignity of the other person, the pope said Sept. 1 as he met people involved in the Capuchin-sponsored Opera […]

Maile Aiu Domingo and Patricia Huse, St. Rita Church: The quiet joy of catechesis

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OPHawaii Catholic Herald Maile and Patricia are parishioners at St. Rita Church in Nanakuli. Maile has seven children; Patricia has three children still living. Both are instructors in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd educational program. “What keeps you inspired?” I asked Patricia and Maile, mothers […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Spiritually, divorce is impossible

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Question corner Q: Does the church ever use the word “divorce,” or in every case is it always an “annulment”? Didn’t Jesus allow for a spouse, in the case of a cheating spouse, to be granted a divorce, even calling it “a divorce”? (Indiana) A: The church does use the term “divorce” in some contexts, […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: To love God, we must love others without reservations

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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Numbers 21:4b-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 This weekend the church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It supplants the observance of the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Book of Numbers provides the first reading. Numbers is the fourth book in sequence of […]